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506:Smith 1956
245:New Guinea
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1057:Cape Cod
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391:See also
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237:Brisbane
80:Launched
1344:Comfort
749:Comfort
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693:Comfort
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596:Comfort
478:Comfort
476:DANFS:
416:Centaur
344:Comfort
329:Comfort
307:Comfort
289:Comfort
281:Okinawa
261:Comfort
225:Comfort
203:Comfort
198:History
170:Comfort
141:Draught
66:Builder
47:History
39:Comfort
1479:Oregon
1361:(1943)
1353:(1940)
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408:Relief
319:Inchon
315:Manila
172:(AH-6)
152:14 kts
125:Length
1423:Mercy
1374:Idaho
763:Mercy
594:"USS
323:Korea
273:Luzon
249:Leyte
217:Mercy
149:Speed
104:Notes
1367:Hope
756:Hope
671:LCCN
658:2023
633:LCCN
610:2015
579:link
565:2012
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414:AHS
406:USS
399:Hope
335:for
285:Guam
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209:Hope
168:USS
133:Beam
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379:in
372:JAG
352:TS
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